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Applied ethics Flashcards

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Capital punishment - VE

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Justice is restoring the balance of loss between two people, so is permissible for murder

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Abortion - SE

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Foetus is a person at birth according to Fletcher

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Abortion - NML

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Catholic doctrine that life begins at conception

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Abortion - VE

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Acceptable if the baby will be fore with a serious illness or to prevent overpopulation

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Embryo research - SE

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Personalism

Could help to save lives in the future

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Embryo research - VE

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Wisdom

Can cure life-limiting illnesses and allow people to achieve eudaemonia

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Euthanasia - SE

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Permisible if proportional reason

Demoralising pain or no prospect of serving others

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Euthanasia - NML

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No preservation of life
No ordered society as paves way for compulsory euthanasia
Ignores value of suffering for salvation (jesus on the cross)

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Euthanasia - VE

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Yes if cannot achieve eudaemonia

A sense of regret is an indication of a virtuous intention

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